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CASH REGISTER. (Application filed Oct. 3, 1900.)

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cAsH REGISTER.

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TLiq14E1 UNITED STATES" PATENT GEEICE.

ELMER S. SMITH, or BOUNDBROOK, Ann HARVEY GILES, or SoUrIrEoUNn:

- BROOK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO THEIDEAL CASH REGISTER COM- )PANY, on NEW BOUNDBROOK, NEW JERSEY.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 677,896, dated July 9, 1901. Application filed October 3,1900. Serial No. 31,860. (No model.)

The invention relates to improvements in cash-registers; and it consists in the novel features, structure, and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In accordance with ourinvention the oper-' ator movesthe exposed actuating or setting levers along thelines of numerals provided upon the front face of the register-casing for the purpose of setting certain interior segments into proper operative relation to the registering mechanism, and thereafter the operator by moving an exposed crank or handle places the gearing of the registering mechanism into direct engagement with said segments and effects the movement of said segments to their normal position, whereby said segments are caused to operate the registering mechanism to the extentdesired and governedbythe position given to said segments by the said actuating orsetting levers. The aforesaid segments are free on their shaft and under the influence of springs automatically follow the said actuating or setting levers as the same are moved upward along the lines of numerals provided upon the front face of the reg-' ister-casing. The upward motion of the actuating or setting levers not only sets the aforesaid segments, but also, through intermediate mechanism, sets the indicating cylinders or drums, the latter at such time being substantially concealed within the registercasing. The indicating cylinders or drums are vertically movable and are turned by the actuating or setting levers when in their lower position, The downward-pull of the crank-handle foreffecting the operation of 43 the register mechanism sets in motion the means for elevating the indicating cylinders or drums to their upper or exposure position,

whereby upon the registration being effected the indication on said cylinders or drums bebodyingthe invention.

comes exposed to the customer. The movementof the exposed crank or handle where by registration is effected and the exposure of the indicating cylinders or drums is secured also through the intermediate mechanism effects the ringing of the hell or gong within the register-casing, said gong not sounding until registration has been efiected. We provide within the register means for locking-the actuating or setting levers after they have once been moved until the regis- 6o tration has been effected and the exposed crank or handle has been returned to its initial normal position, and we also provide means to compel the operator to always give the said exposed crank or handle its full downward movement from its initial normal position to the stop limiting its throw and then back to its first orinitial position. We

also provide within the register-casing con-' venient means for permitting the carrying from one register-wheel to another and also means for puncturing a piece of paper or other fabric when the machine has been operated to a predetermined limit for the capacity of the final registering-wheel.

The register-casing is provided with a suitable oash-drawer, a locking device for lock ing the drawer in its closed position, and a spring for driving said drawer into an open position upon the release of the said locking 8o device.

T The nature of the invention and satisfac= Y tory means for carrying thesame into effect are described in full hereinafter and are illus trated in the accompanying drawings, in which y Figure 1 is a front elevation of'a-cash-register constructed in accordance with andemv Fig' 2 is an end view of the same and illustrates the exposed crank go or handle, by which registration andindica tion are effected in its normal upright position by full lines and in its lower horizontal position by dotted lines, said crank or handle when registration and indication are desired being pulled from its normal upright position, shown by full line, to its lower horizontal position, indicated by the dotted lines Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section, partly broken away, through the casing and cash drawer of the register and illustrates the interior mechanism of the register in an end view. Fig. 4: is a front elevation, partly broken away, of the interior mechanism of the register, the register-casing being omitted and the indicating cylinders or drums being shown in their lower or concealed position. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section through the register of the dotted line 5 5 of Fig. 4, and in Fig. 5 the indicating cylinders or drums are shown in their elevated or exposure position. Fig. 6 is a detached side elevation of one of the interior segments for operating the .registering-wheels, the main driving-shaft upon which said segments are mounted being shown in section in Fig. 6. Fig. 7 is a front edge view of same. Fig. 8 is an enlarged vertical transverse section through the register on the dotted line 8 8 of Fig. 4, the indicating cylinders or drums in this figure being shown in their lower or concealed position. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of one of the pawls which has to do with the carrying mechanism and is hereinafter specilicallyreferred to. Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the lever-arm forming a part of the carrying mechanism, to which the pawl shown in Fig. 9 is pivoted. Fig. 11 is a top edge view of a lever-arm which likewise is connected with the carrying mechanism. Fig. 12 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 13 is aside elevation of one of the pinions and one of the settingback gear-wheels connected with the registering-wheels. Fig. 14 is a horizontal section, partly broken away, of the interior mechanism of the machine on the dotted line 1-1 14c of Fig 5. Fig. 14 is a perspective view of a rock-shaft with a rigid lever-arm and three dog-arms connected therewith and forming a part of the i nterior mechanism of the machine. Fig. 15 is a vertical section through a portion of the machine on the dotted line 15 15 of Fig. 17 and illustrates more particularly the totalizing-wheels,with the means for perforatinga piece of paper located within the register at the time the last wheel registers 9. Fig. 1G is a like view of same and illustrates the prong at the figure 9 on the last totalizing-wheel in the act of perforating the piece of paper to indicate to the owner of the register that the register has reached the amount of nine thousand nine hundred and ninetynine dollars and ninety-nine cents. Fig. 17 is a top view of a portion of the register and looks down upon the top of the mechanism shown in Figs. 15 and 16. Fig. 18 is a dc tached top view of the plate upon which the paper to be perforated by the last totalizingwheel is secured and which plate is shown in position in Fig. 17 upon the guard plate which covers all of the totalizing and registering wheels with the exception of the special line of numerals which is to be read. Fig. 19 is a sectional view of the said plate shown in Fi 18, the section being on the dotted line 19 of Fig. 17. Fig. 20 a detached top view of the strip of paper which in use is applied to the end of the plate shown in Figs. 18 and 19 for the purpose of being per forated by the last totalizing-wheel. Fig. 21 is a detached side elevation of a plate employed for operating the totalizing-Wheels. Fig. 22 is a front view of same. Fig. 23 is a View of one of the plates located on the registering-wheel shaft and having a projecting finger for effecting the carrying from one registering-wheel to another and from one totalizing-wheel to another. Fig. it is a detached .end elevation of the mechanism connected with the right-hand end of the main drivingshaft and to be set in motion by said shaft for lowering the gear-wheels of the registeringwhcels into mesh with the segments which determine the extent of movement said registering-wheels shall have with each operation of the exposed crank-handle, and in Fig. 24: the main driving-shaft is shown in section and one of the hand setting-levers is shown as partlybroken away. Fig. 2 is a detached side view, partly in section, of a portion of said mechanism. Fig. 25 is an. enlarged detached side elevation, partly broken away, of one of the hand setting-levers. Fig. 26 is a top edge view of same. Fig. 27 is a sectional view, partly broken away, of same on the dotted line 27 27 of Fig. 25. Fig. 28 is an enlarged detached end view, partly in section, of the mechanism at the right-hand end of the main driving-shaft adjacent to the exposed crank-handle for locking the lower end of said handle upon the said shaft from within the register-casing, and the means for compelling said handle to make a full downward motion to its horizontal position and then a full upward motion to its upright normal po' sition. Fig. 29 is a like view, partly broken away and partly in section, of the mechanism at the right-hand end of the main driving-shaft, this figure showing the position of some of the parts after the exposed crank-- handle has been started downward toward its horizontal position. Fig. 30 is a vertical section through the exposed operating crankhandle and connected parts on the dotted line 39 30 of Fig. 28 and shows the means for locking said handle against operation. Fig. 31 is a horizontal section of same on the dotted line 31 31 of Fig. 28, and in this figure the means illustrated in Fig. 30 for locking the handle stationary are shown in their disengaged positions, leaving the exposed crankhandle free to be operated. Fig. 32 is a detached view, partly in section and partly broken away, of the registering-wheel shaft with the parts carried thereon. Fig. 33 is a longitudinal section through the totalizingwheels and some of the registeririg-wheels, with their connected pinion-wheels and other parts, the purpose of this figure being to illustrate the means for mounting the said wheels on the registeringwheel shaft. Fig. Set is a detached side elevation of one of the pinionwheels and its fluted sleeve-hub to receive a registering-wheel preparatory to the whole being slipped upon the registerin-gwheel shaft. Fig. '35 is a detached vertical section through a portion of the register on the dotted line 35 of Fig. and illustrates more particularly the relation of the carrying devices to the registering-wheels when the latter are in their elevated normal positions. Fig. 36 is a like view of same, showing the relation of the parts when the crank-handle has been pulled to its lower position and a sleeve on the carrier-shaft has been turned axially to permit the pawl shown in Fig. 36 to turn the registering-wheel a distance equal to one tooth or space when the crank-handle and driving-shaft are turned to their normal position. Fig. 37 is a perspective view of one of the sleeves on the carrier-shaft, taken from the left-hand end of said sleeve. Fig. 38 is a like view of same, taken from the righthand end of said sleeve. Fig. 39 is a bottom view of same. Fig. 40 is a detached top view, partly broken away, of the carrier-shaft, the sleeves thereon, and the levers for cooperation therewith. Figs. 41, 42, and 43 illustrate in a top view the three carrier-sleeves removed from the carrier-shaft. Fig. 44 is a vertical section through a portion of the register on the dotted line 44 44 of Fig. 40 and illustrates more particularly the means for turning the carrier-sleeve when the registerwheel completes a rotation and the means for restoring said sleeve to its normal position. In Fig. 44 the register-wheel shaft is shown in its upper position. Fig. 45 is a like view of same, showing the register-wheel shaft in its lower position, the carrier-sleeve as having been turned axially from the register-Wheel, and the lever in position to restore said sleeve to its normal position on the upward motion of the operating crank-handle; and Figs. 46, 47, and 48 are detached vertical sectional views through the registeringwheel shaft and main driving-shaft and are intended more particularly to denote the difference between the several levers 160, which form a part of the carrying or transfer mechanism, whereby said mechanism operates on the different registering-wheels in series, the lever 160 in Fig. 46 being for carrying to the tens-of-cents registering-wheel, the lever 160 in Fig. 47 being for carrying to the dollars registering-wheel, and the lever 160 in Fig. 48 being for carrying to the tens-of-dollars registering-wheel. In the drawings, 50 designates the exterior shell or casing of the register, 51 the cashdrawer, and 52 the spring, which is compressed during the closing of the cash-drawer and which when the cash-drawer is released from its locking devices drives said drawer to its open position.

The actuating or setting levers are desig nated by the numerals 53, and these levers extend frontward through slots 54, formed in the front plate of the register, Fig. 1

which plate is furnished with the columns of numerals 56, ranging from O to 9 inclusive. The slots 54 are provided in the front face 55 of the register-casing to admit of the movement of the actuating-levers 53 along the sides of the columns of numerals 56,'and at the inner side of the front face 55 are provided the rigidly-secured recessed bars 57, Fig. 3, which coactwith the rollers 58 and links 59 to create sufficient friction and resistance to enable the operator to properly control the hand actuating or setting levers 53 during the motion of the latter. The links 59 are pivoted to the actuating-levers 53 and carry the said rollers '58, and said links50' and rollers 58 are given a pressure toward'the bars 57 by means of the spring 60. The recesses formed in the bars 57 are in line with the individual numerals of the columns of numerals 56 on the front face 55 of the register-casing, and said recesses are adapted toreceive thesaid rollers 58 and to aid in retaining levers 53 in any of their various positions along the line of the slots 54.

The spring-pressed rollers 58 and recessed bars 57 yieldingly resist the motion of the actuating-levers 53 and serve to retain said levers in any position along the slots 54 to which they may be moved. The initial position of the actuating-levers 53 is at the lower end of the slots 54, as indicated at the lefthand portion of Fig. 1, and when it is desired to register and indicate the amount of a sale the said levers (one or more, as may be necessary) will be moved upward to proper positions along the line of said slots'under the guidance of the columns of numerals 56 on the front plate 55.

The actuating-levers 53 during their upward motion perform two main functions, the first being to set the segments 61, and the 'second being, through the vertical racks 62, to actuate or set the indicating cylinders or drums 63. The segments 61 are loosely mounted upon the main driving-shaft 64 and automatically follow the actuating-levers 53 under the influence of the coiled springs 65, (see Figs. 5, 6, and 8,) whose upper ends are secured to rearwardly-extending arms 66, Fig. 6, formed as a part or secured to said segments 61, and whose lower ends are secured to the flooring or base of the registercasing, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 8.

Each lever 53 is accompanied by a segment 6]., and each segment 61 is adapted to have an independent motion and is equipped with a spring 65, and the force of said spring is normally exerted to pull downward on the rearwardly-eXtendin-g arm 66 of the segments, so as to keep the segments 61 in condition to automatically follow the levers '5-3 when the latter are elevated. The segments 61 are each formed with the laterally-extending lip 67, Figs. 4 and 6, which affords a surface for contact with the lower edge of the levers 53. -Above the lips 67 of the segments 61 the latter are provided with a rigid pin 68, which during the turning upward of the segments (31 to follow the levers 53 under the influence of the springs perform nofunction whatever; but said pins 68 do come into use during the turning downward to their initial position of said segments 61, as hereinafter explained.

The actuating-levers 53 turn freely upon the shaft 64:, and likewise the segments 61 turn freely upon said shaft. The said segments 61 during their return to their frontward and downward position effect, through the means hereinafter described, the registration, and during such return motion said segments leave the actuating-levers 53 in their then upward position.

The actuating-levers 53 are each formed with the rearwardly-extending arm 7 0, whose rear ends are pivotally secured to the lower ends of the raclcbars 62, hereinbefore mentioned, having; along the front edge of their upper portion the teeth 71, in mesh with the pinion-wheels 72, connected with the indicating cylinders or drums 63 and with said indicating cylinders or drums loosely mounted upon the shaft 73, each of said indicating cylinders or drums 63 being furnished with a pinion-wheel 72, and with this pinion-wheel being free to revolve upon the said shaft 73 when actuated by a rack-bar 62, one of the latter being provided for each of said drums. The upward motion of each lever 53 thus effects the proper setting of its cooperating segment 61 and also through a rack-bar 62 the proper turning of its cooperating indicating cylinder or drum (33. The rack-bars 62 have a substantially vertical movement and are guided at their upper portions by the bent plates or saddles 74, which are swung from the shaft 73 and pass around the rear vertical edges of said bars (52. The saddles or guides 7 L for the rack-bar 62 may havea lim-' ited yielding or turning motion on shaft 73, so that they may give to any irregularity of motion out of a direct vertical line that the rack-bars 62 may have. A saddle or guide 7-1- is provided for each of the rack-bars 62, since each of said rack-bars is adapted to have an independent vertical motion. The guides or saddles 7st not only operate to sustain and guide the rack-bars 62, but also serve to keep the teeth'71 of said rack-bars in constant mesh with the teeth of the pinion-wheels 72, connected with the indicating cylinders or drums 63.

The indicating cylinders or drums 63 will be numbered from O to 9, inclusive, to correspond with the columns of numbers 56 on the front face or plate 55 and also to correspond with the like numerals on the regis tering-wheels, said indicating cylinders or drums 63 being mounted upon the transverse shaft 73, extending transversely within the upper portion of the register-casing 50 and being adapted, as hereinafter described, to be elevated to a position in line with the windowopenings 75, formed in the register-casing, as

shown in Fig. 1. The indicating cylinders or drums in accordance with the present invention are capable of being elevated to a position in line with the window-opening 75 to expose the indication therethrough, but are primarily turned to the proper predetcr mined positions when they are at their lower position, (shown in Figs. and 4,) Fig. 5 illustrating the position of said indicating cylin ders or drums when they are in their upper position in line with the window-openings 75. The means for elevating and lowering the in dicating cylinders or drums 63 will presently be described. The initial upward motion of the actuating-levers 53 results in the turning of the indicating cylinders or drums 63 to bring into alincment the proper numerals thereon to indicate the amount of a sale; but said numerals are substantially concealed, especially from the customer, until such time as the exposed operating crank-handle 7b is moved to effect registration and the elevation of the said indicating cylinders or drums to their upper position, (shown in Fig. 5,) the proper numerals indicating the amount of the sale when said cylinders or drums 63 are in their upper position being observable through the window-openings 75.

The means for raising and permitting the lowering of the indicating cylinders or drums 63 will now be described. The shaft 73 for the indicating cylinders or drums G3 is mounted in the vertical grooves or slots 77, (see Figs. 5, 8, and 4,) formed in the rigid end frames 78, which support the interior mechanism of the register, and at its central portions said shaft 73 is secured upon the upper forwardly-ere tending end 79, Fig. 8, of the vertically-mow able bar 80, which is guided against the stationary vertical bar 81 and at its lower end is provided with the frontwardly-extending foot 82, the latter being directly over the roller 83 at the rear end of the lever-arm 8 1, which is loosely hung upon the main driving-shaft G l, which lever-arm 8 1: when the crank-handle 7b is pulled downward from its vertical position to a horizontal position pushes upward on the said foot 82 and elevates the vertical movable bar to its upper position, (shown in Fig. 5,) the ends of the shaft 73 during such upward movement of said bar 80 sliding upward within the guiding and sustaining slots 77 in the stationary frames 78. The upper portion of the bar 80 is formed with the aperture 85, which when the bar 80 reaches its upper position receives the upper end of the dog 86, which end at such time springs into the said aperture 85 and serves to maintain the bar 80 and indicating cylinders or drums 63 in their upper position, as shown in Fig. 5, after the exposed crank-handle 7G is returned from its horizontal position back to its nor mal or vertical position and the lever-arm S-Li has returned to its lower position, (shown in Fig. 8,) leaving the foot 82 and the bar 80 in their upper position. Upon the upper front wardly-extending end 7 9 of the vertical movable bar is fastened the plate 87, (see Fig. 8,) which encompasses the upper side of the central portion of the shaft 73 and is formed with the upwardly rearwardly inclined extension-plate 88, which when the bar 80 is in its lower position keeps the dog 86 pressed rearward against the stress of the coiled spring 89, hereinafter referred to. The onlypurpose to be accomplished by the dog 86 is upon its entering the aperture in the bar 80 to maintain the bar 80 and the indicating cylinders or drums 63 in their upper exposure position until in the event of a subsequent sale the actuating-levers 53 are moved to carry out the further operation of the machine. The dog 86 will be moved from its engagement with the aperture 85 of the bar 80 the moment any one of the actuating-levers 53 is moved, and when said dog 86 is relieved from the aperture 85 of the bar 80 the latter and the indicating cylinders or drums 63 will descend by gravity to their lower position, (shown in Fig. 8,) preparatory to said cylinders or drums 63 being again rotated to the proper extent to denote the subsequent sale. The lower end of the dog 86 is secured upon the rock-shaft and said dog receives its motion through said rock-shaft, and upon the rock-shaft 9O is'secured a series of four auxiliary dogs 91, one being provided for each of the auxiliary rack-bars 92, connected with the main vertical rack-bars 62. Each rack-bar G2 has se cured to it one of the auxiliary rack-bars 92, whose form and construction are clearly illustrated in Figs. at, 7,.and 8. The rack-bars 92 being secured to the main rack-bars 62 move with said rack-bars 62, and the said rack-bars 92 are, when the cylinders or drums 63 are in their upper position, engaged by the dogs 91, as shown in Fig. 5, the engagement of the dogs 91 with the racks 92 being when the upper end of the dog 86 is within the aperture 85 formed in the vertically-movable bar 80. The sole purpose of the racks 92 and dogs 91 is to effect from any one of the hand-levers 53 the movement of the upper end of said dog 86 rearward from the said aperture 85 in the vertically-movable bar 80. The end pawl 91 at the righthand end of the shaft 90 is connected with the spring 89, (shown in Figs. 5 and 8,) and when the bar 80 and cylinders or drums 63 are in their upper position the spring 89 pulling on the end dog 91 will turn the shaft 90 toward the front and cause the upper end of the dog-86 to enter and remain within the aperture 85 in the bar 80. YVhen, however, any one of the actuating-levers 53 is moved, (when theindicating cylinders or dru ins arein their upper position,) the rack-bar 62 and auxiliary rack-bar 92,connected with thelever 53, will beset in motion, and this movement of the auxiliary rack-bar 92 will have the effect of sliding the teeth of the same against the pawl 91 in engagement therewith, and this sliding of the teeth of the rack-bar 92 against the pawl 91 will cause the said pawl to turn rearward a slight distance equal to the depth of the teeth of the rack-bar 92, thereby turning'the shaft 90 rearward and through said shaft 90 turning the dog 86 rearward and withdrawing the upper end of the latter from the said aperture 85 in the vertically-movable bar 80. The withdrawal of the pawl 89 from the ap erture 85 of the bar 80 leaves the latter unsupported, and the said bar 80, with the said indicating cylinders or drums 63, will doscend by gravity to their lower position. (Shown in Fig. 8.) When the bar 80 and indicating cylinders or drums 63 are in their lower position, the rack-bars 92 will not be engaged by the pawls 91, since at such time the plate extension 88 will operate as a cam to keep the dog 86 pressed rearward and through said dog maintain the dogs 91 clear of the rack-bars 92, as shown in Fig. 8. The main purpose of keeping the dogs 91 clear of the rack-bars 92 when the cylinders 63 are in their lower position is to avoid the noise which would occur during the rotation of said cylinders or drums 63 by the rack-bars 62 should the rack-bars 92 at such time be in engagement with the dogs 91. In order to avoid any rattling or momentum of parts and to eifect an easy and uniform action of movement, We provide the coiled springs 93 94, as shown in Fig. 8, the spring 93 being at its upper end connected with the end 79 of the bar 80 and at its lower end being connected with a rigid loop of the guiding-bar 81, while the upper end of the'spring 9 1 is secured to the said rigid loop of the guiding-bar S1 and thelower end of said spring 9a is secured to the foot 82 of the bar 80. \Vhen the bar 80 is moving upward, the spring 91 will contract and the spring 93 will be extended, and when the bar 80 is moving downward the spring 94: will be extended and the spring 93 contracted, the parts being thus put under a slight tension and ease and uniformity of motion being attained. It will be understood, therefore, that the indicating cylinders or drums 63 are rotated to the proper extent by means of the actuating or setting levers 53 while said cylinders or drums 63 are in their lower position (shown in Fig. 8) and that thereafter and during registration the said indicating cylinders or drums 63 are under the action of the crankhandle 76 and driving-shaft 61 moved to their upper position, (shown in Fig. 5,) so that the indication may be exposed through the win dew-openings 75. The pinion-wheels 72, connected with the indicating cylinders or drums 63, remain in mesh with the teeth 71 of the rack-bars 62, and thus care should be taken in the construction of the machine that during the upward travel of the cylinders or drums 63 they shall only rotate to that definite extent which will insure the predetermined numerals appearing at the window openings 75. The rotary motion of the cylinders or drums 63 during their upward travel becomes necessary in the present construe tion, owing to the fact that the rack-bars 02 remain in constant mesh with the pinionwheels 72 of the said cylinders or drums 63.

The lever-arm S 1, hereinbefore described, for engagingthe foot 82 of the vertieally-mov able bar 80 is loosely mounted upon the driving-shaft 61- and has a forwardly-extending short arm 95, which is in position to be pressed downward by the loweredge of the plate 00, se-

cured u pou the said driving-shaft G4, the said plate 00, by being carried downward against the short arm 95 of the lever-arm 81, serving to turn the arm 81 upward for the purpose of causing the latter to elevate the verticallymovable bar 80. Vhen the exposed operating crank-handle and driving-shaft 01 are reversed in their motion, as when the said crank-handle 70 is beingturned from its horizontal position back to its normal vertical position, it permits the lever-arm Si to descend to its lower position. The rotation of the driving-shaft 0t by means of the exposed crank or handle 76 to effect registration and cause the plate 96 on the said shaft to contact with the short arm 95 of the lever-arm 01- for the purpose of effecting the elevation of the vertically-movable bar and indicating cylinders or drums 03 having been described, it may be well here to note that adjacent to the plate 96 on the driving-shaft 6-1 is provided on said shaft the loop or stirrup 07, which contacts with and drives downward the short frontwardly-projecting arm of the locking-bolt 98, which is supported upon the said shaft 0st in near relation to the aforesaid lever-arm 84 and has its lower end in position to at the proper time engage the shoulder 09, formed in the cash-drawer 51, and to thereby lock said drawer in its closed position. Then the loop or stirrup 97 on the driving-shaft '64 presses downward on the short arm of the latch-bolt 08, the latter becomes elevated from the shoulder of the cash-drawer 51, and the said caslrdrawer will at such time, having become freed, be moved outward to its open position by the action of the coiled spring 52. (Shown in Fig. 3.) Thus the forward and downward rotation of the driving-shaft 64 by means of the exposed crank-handle 70 results not only in the registration being effected, as hereinafter explained, but also in the elevation of the indicating cylinders or drums 03 to their exposure position and the unlocking of the cashdrawer.

Having described hereinbefore that the actuating or setting levers 53 when moved upward operate the indicating cylinders or drums 03 and that thereafter the rotation of the driving-shaft 04: toward the front and downward by means of the exposed crank or handle 70 results in effecting the proper registration, the elevation of the indicating cylinders or drums 03 to their exposure position, and the unlocking of the cash-drawer 51, it will now be appropriate to explain the mechanism by which during said action of the shaft 61 the registration is accomplished. It has been hereinbefore described that upon the shaft 01 is freely mounted a series of segments 01, which under the action of the springs 05 are caused to automaticallyfollow the levers 53 during the upward movement of the latter, the said segments contacting with the edges of the lovers 511 during the upward movement of the latter. The upward motion of the lovers 53 results in the setting of the segments 01 to the proper predetermined position in accordance with the amount to be registered, and the registration is effected during the return motion of the segments 61 to their lower or initial position, this return motion being effected by the retation of the shaft 01- on the action of the exposed crank or handle 70.

The registering-wheels are numbered 100 and are freely mounted upon the shaft 101, which is parallel with and substantially di rectly over the main driving-shaft 64. The shaft 101 is mounted in the front ends of lever-arms 102, which extend forwardly from the rock-shaft 103, the said rock-shaft 103 carrying said arms 102 and the latter carrying the said registering-wheel shaft 101. The shaft 103 is adapted to have a rocking motion, as hereinafter explained, so that at the proper time the registering-wheel shaft 101 may be moved downward for the purpose of carrying the pinion-wheels 104: thereon into engagement with the aforesaid segments 01. The pinion-wheels 101 are each connected with one of the registering-wheels 100 and also with a gear-wheel 105, said wheels being arranged in sets, each set comprising a pinionwheel 104:, a gear-wheel 105, and a registering-wheel 100, the said three wheels of each set being connected together and freely rotatable upon the shaft- 101, which has no rotation.

While we do not limitthe invention to any special means for connecting the pinion-wheel 104, gear-wheel 105, and registering-wheel 100 together, so that the three wheels may have simultaneous motion on the shaft 101, we illustrate in Fig. one means of thus forming the said wheels into a connected set, it being represented in said Fig. that the wheel 10-1 is provided with an elongated hub 106, upon which the gear-wheel 105 and reg istering-wheel 100 are secured, the end of the hub 100 being upset against a washer to lock the wheels upon the hub 106, and said hub 106 being fluted to correspond with the fluted openings through the gear-wheel 105 and registering-wheel 100, so as to key said wheels 105 and 100 upon the hub 106 and prevent their rotation, except with said hub 106 and the pinion-wheel 101. Each of the gearwheels 105 is minus one tooth, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 13, whereby, as shown in said Fig. 13, the blank space 107 is formed in the periphery of said gear-wheel. Above and somewhat to the rear of the shaft 101 is mounted the shaft 108, upon which is rigidly secured the series of gear-wheels 109, the latter being for engagement with the. gearwheels 105 on the shaft 101 and being utilized for the purpose of returning all of the registering-wheels to their zero position. The

gear-wheels 109 are rigid on the shaft 108 and only rotate when the said shaft is'operated by means of the exposed handle or knob 110, which, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 14, projects outward beyond the side of the register-casing 50. Thus the registering-wheels 100 are rothe shaft 101 is lowered to bring said pinionwheels 104 into engagement with said segments 61, and the gear-wheels 109 can only be utilized in connection with the gear-wheels 105 to restore the registering-wheels 100 to their zero position when the shaft 101 is in its upper position, (shown in Fig. 24,) in which position the gear-wheels 105 and 109 interm esh with one another. When the gearwheels 105 are in their upper position, it will be seen that the rotation of the gear-wheels 109 will result in the turning of all of the registering-wheels 100 until the blank spaces 107 of the gear-wheels 105 come into alinement with the gear-wheels 109 and that at such time the continued motion of the gear-wheels 109 will have no influence upon the gear-wheels 105 or the registering-wheels 100 connected therewith. In view of the fact that each of the gear-wheels 105 is possessed of the blank space 107 the said gear-wheels may come to a rest one after another as the registering- Wheels 100 reach their zero position. The blank spaces 107 in the gear-wheels 105 are so disposed with respect to the registeringwheels 100 that the registering-wheels 100 will cease to rotate during the setting-back operation, when the ciphers thereon appear directly below the openings 111 in the transverse bar or frame 112, extending transversely above the registering-Wheels 100 to conceal the numerals on said registering-wheels, with the exception of the special line of numerals, which may be directly below the aforesaid openings 111 in said frame 112, said openings 111 constituting spy holes or slots through which the owner of the register at the proper time may read the registering-wheels and totalizing-wheels.

Since we have been referring in the description of the gear-wheels to the setting back of the registering-wheels to their zero position and the reading of the said registering-wheels by the owner of the register, it may be well here to call attention to the fact that in order to read the registering-wheels 100 the hinged door 212, provided in the front of the register-casing, must be unlocked and opened, and it is our purpose that the owner of the register shall alone possess the key by which the lock securing the door 212 may be operated. lVhen the door 212 is opened to its inward position, the owner of the register may inspect the registering-wheels by looking through the openings 111 in the frame 112. After reading the registering-wheels the owner of the register should return the registering-wheels 100 to their zero position, and this he will do by the rotation ofthe shaft 108 andpinion-wheels 109 in the manner hereinbefore described. The shaft 108 and pinion-wheels 109 can only be rotated when the door 212 is in its open position, since said door is provided with an arm 113, which when the door 212 is in its closed position contacts with the front end of the dog 114, Fig. 5, and holds its detent down against one of the wheels 109, whereby the wheels 109 and their shaft 108 are locked in stationary position. Thus when the door 212 is opened the owner of the register may inspect the registering-wheels and make a memorandum of the amount registered up to that time, and thereupon, the door 212 then being free of the dog 114,he may by operating the shaft 108 and pinions 109 restore the registering-wheels 100 to their zero position. The dog 114 has connected with it alightspring 115, so as to retain the proper relation of said dog to its pinionwheel 109; but when the arm 113, connected with the door 112, movesinward free of the dog 114 the pinion-wheel 109 may rotate with the shaft 108, notwithstanding the spring 115,

' since the sides of the said detent are beveled and will permit the teeth of the pinion-wheel 109 to slide over it. The pinion-wheel 109, which is engaged by the dog 114, corresponds with all of the other pinion-wheels 109, but is located close against the left-hand side frame 78, and it is to this left-hand side frame 78 that the dog 114 is pivotally secured.

We have described hereinbefore that during the upward motion of the actuating or setting levers 53 the segments 61 follow said levers under the force of the springs 65, connected with the rearwardly-eXt-ending arms 66 on said segments. When the actuating or setting levers 53 are moved upward to set or permit the setting of the segments 61, the shaft 101, carrying the pinion-wheels 104 and registering-wheels 100, is in its upper position, (shown in Fig. 24,) and the next step in the operation of the machine necessary to be performed will be the lowering of said shaft 101, so that its pinion-wheels 104 may pass into mesh with the said segments 61, as indicated in Fig. 5. The mechanism for thus lowering the shaft 101 is probably more clearly illustrated in Figs. 24, 28, and 29, and this mechanism is initially set in motion by the opera- I tor in pulling the exposed crank or handle 76 from its vertical position (shown in Figs. 4 

